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A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again...The carefully placed words form the same sentence, whether it is read forward or backward. For example, 'Mirrored images reflect images mirrored' which includes a word in the center as a reversal point for the sentence or even the poem.
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THE BOOK OF LIFE
(c) Edward York
The book of life is one we'll write,
And add pages every day.
What has been written down by us,
We know will always stay.
There is no edit or delete,
To change the things we see,
The only things that we can change,
Is what is yet to be.
To...